Shirley Smith High School

Funding: $85.9 million

Shirley Smith High School provides a high-quality learning environment with capacity for up to 800 students from years 7 to 10. The school features learning areas for:

• woodwork, metal work, digital arts, digital technologies
• food technology
• performing arts - music, dance, drama
• creative arts
• English, science, maths.

Shirley Smith High School has a range of modern spaces available for use by community and sporting groups and organisations, thereby enriching the range of extra-curricular activities available in our local area.

Facilities include:

• double gymnasium with basketball, netball, futsal and volleyball markings (with kitchen facilities if needed)
• covered hard-surface sporting courts suitable for basketball and netball
• outdoor grass playing field suitable for soccer, rugby union and rugby league.
• Multipurpose hall

The environmentally sustainable design and construction using sustainable materials, air permeability membranes and a solar power generation system help the school contribute to the ACT Government’s zero-emissions target. The school has zero emissions in its operations.

Project benefits

• quality, contemporary education close to home
• modern, accessible facilities for everyone
• multi-use sporting facilities for students and the community
• wellbeing principles for staff and students
• progressive principles of cultural acknowledgment.

Find out more

Contact the Education Directorate with any questions: act.education@act.gov.au.

Find out more on the ACT Education website.

Learn about about the naming of Shirley Smith High School at Our CBR.

Read about the Principal's vision for the school at Our CBR.

Find out more on the Shirley Smith High School website.